Our busy lives have prevented us from getting this podcast up before today, but we trust you'll understand. :o)

This week, we have:

Situation of the Week (Jenn): Dealing with pointless bickering

Topic: Free Range Parenting (begins 4:26)

Q&A: Childhood Fears (begins 18:45)

One thing we forgot to do was mention Lenore Skenazy by name! (Lenore, should you ever happen upon this post and podcast, sorry!) She is the woman who kicked off the Free Range Kids movement (is it a movement?). Her website is: http://freerangekids.com. Her book is called Free-Range Kids, How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry).

We also talked about a wonderful book by Gavin De Becker, which has great common sense ideas for teaching kids to be safety-conscious (without freaking them out unnecessarily). His book is called Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane).

Hopefully we'll get back to our approximately once-a-week podcast schedule! Thanks for your patience.

Also, keep your questions coming! Email us at [email protected].